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College of Health Professions
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Edinburg Office - Health Affairs Building West (EHABW) 2.230
Brownsville - Biomedical Research and Health Building BBRHB 2.101
Email: cohpinfo@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-665-2291 (Edinburg campus)
Phone Alt: 956-882-5000 (Brownsville campus)
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Senior Associate Dean

Christopher M. Ledingham

Christopher M. Ledingham, MPH, PhD, FASHA

Phone: 956-882-5756
Email: christopher.ledingham@utrgv.edu

Dr. Christopher M. Ledingham serves as Senior Associate Dean in the College.  In this role Dr. Ledingham works to assist faculty with any issues related to Faculty Governance in the College; serves as a resource person for issues concerning Tenure, Promotion, Post-Tenure Review and Annual Evaluation; facilitates community engagement activities and initiatives at the level and serves as the “Point Dean” when Dr. Lehker is out of the office.

Dr. Ledingham is also the Program Director for the Bachelor of Science in Integrated Health Sciences  and Professor in the Department of Health & Human Performance.   Dr. Ledingham holds a PhD in Health Education from Texas A&M University, College Station Tx. and both a BCH and MPH in Community Health Education from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM.  Dr. Ledingham’s research interests include community & school health program evaluation, obesity prevention in children, and children’s empathy towards animals.

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